People traveling by ship near Mount Athos

GREECE, ATHOS PENINSULA, CHALKIDIKI, JUNE 4, 2013: People traveling by ship near Mount Athos. A World Heritage Site and autonomous polity in Hellenic Republic, Chalkidiki, Greece, June 7, 2013 Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Greece. A World Heritage Site and autonomous polity in Hellenic Republic. Athos is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries under the direct jurisdiction of patriarch of Constantinople.